D C H REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER - TUSCALOOSA, AL

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Addresss:
809 UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD EAST
TUSCALOOSA, AL, 35401
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (205) 759-7111

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Government - Hospital District or Authority
Emergency Services: Yes
Type: Psychiatric Units

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Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 150.30
Registered Professional Nurses : 675.35
Other Salaried Personnel : 1547.95
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) : 32.20
Dieticians : 5.40
Occupational Therapists : 4.30
Physical Therapists : 11.80
Registered Pharmacists : 30.70
Respiratory Therapists : 20.50
Speech Pathologists Or Audiologists : 2.00
Physicians : 3.43
Medical Social Workers : 11.30

Number Of Beds
Total: 583
Total Certified: 583
Psychiatric Unit Beds: 36

Provided Services
Nuclear Medicine Services
Acute Renal Dialysis Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Services
Certified Trauma Center Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
Home Health Services
ICU - Cardiac (Non-Surgical)Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Neonatal Nursery Services
Obstetric Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Outpatient Services
Outpatient Surgery Unit Services
Pediatric Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services
Therapeutic Radiology Services

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 22%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

5%
Alabama:

6%
Usually
This Hospital:

15%
Alabama:

15%
Always
Here:

80%
Alabama:

79%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

5%
State:

3%
Usually
Here:

14%
Alabama:

11%
Always
This Hospital:

81%
State:

86%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
Here:

13%
Alabama:

12%
Usually
Here:

26%
Alabama:

22%
Always
This Hospital:

61%
Alabama:

66%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

7%
Alabama:

9%
Usually
This Hospital:

24%
State:

20%
Always
Here:

69%
Alabama:

71%

How often did staff explain about medicines before giving them to patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

20%
Alabama:

19%
Usually
This Hospital:

18%
Alabama:

16%
Always
Here:

62%
Alabama:

65%

How often were the patients' rooms and bathrooms kept clean?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

11%
State:

11%
Usually
This Hospital:

22%
State:

19%
Always
This Hospital:

67%
State:

70%

How often was the area around patients' rooms kept quiet at night?

Sometimes or never
Here:

8%
Alabama:

6%
Usually
Here:

25%
State:

24%
Always
Here:

67%
State:

70%

Were patients given information about what to do during their recovery at home?

Yes
Here:

82%
State:

81%
No
This Hospital:

18%
Alabama:

19%

How do patients rate the hospital overall on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest)?

6 or lower
Here:

8%
State:

8%
7 or 8
This Hospital:

22%
State:

22%
9 or 10
Here:

70%
State:

70%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
This Hospital:

4%
State:

5%
Yes, probably
Here:

24%
Alabama:

25%
Yes, definitely
This Hospital:

72%
State:

70%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival
Here:

98.0%
Alabama:

99.2%
Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge
This Hospital:

98.0%
Alabama:

99.3%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
This Hospital:

98.0%
Alabama:

98.2%
Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge
Here:

99.0%
State:

99.3%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
This Hospital:

100.0%
Alabama:

99.9%
Percent of Patients Given PCI Within 90 Minutes Of Arrival
This Hospital:

89.0%
Alabama:

95.0%
Average number of minutes before outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack got an ECG
Here:

1
Alabama:

8
Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who got aspirin within 24 hours of arrival
Here:

95.0%
State:

97.2%
Patients Given a Prescription for a Statin at Discharge
Here:

96.0%
State:

97.3%

Heart Failure

Percent of patients who were given an evaluation of Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
Here:

100.0%
State:

98.0%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
This Hospital:

99.0%
State:

97.1%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
Here:

93.0%
State:

92.0%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

99.7%

Pneumonia

Percent of Patients Given Initial Antibiotic(s) within 6 Hours After Arrival
Here:

96.0%
State:

97.1%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
Here:

97.0%
State:

97.7%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
This Hospital:

100.0%
Alabama:

99.2%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
This Hospital:

96.0%
Alabama:

95.0%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
This Hospital:

92.0%
Alabama:

95.4%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
This Hospital:

99.0%
Alabama:

96.5%

Surgery

Percent of Surgery Patients given an antibiotic at the right time (within one hour before surgery) to help prevent infection
Here:

99.0%
State:

98.9%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
Here:

98.0%
Alabama:

97.6%
Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

98.8%
Percent of Surgery Patients who got treatment at right time (within 24 hours before or after surgery) to help prevent blood clot
Here:

98.0%
State:

97.0%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
Here:

99.0%
State:

97.8%
Percent of all Heart Surgery Patients whose blood sugar is kept under good control in the days right after surgery
Here:

99.0%
Alabama:

95.6%
Percent of Surgery Patients needing hair removed from the surgical area before surgery who had hair removed using a safer method
Here:

100.0%
State:

99.9%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose urinary catheters were removed on the first or second day after surgery
This Hospital:

95.0%
State:

96.0%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
Here:

99.0%
Alabama:

97.7%
Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time - within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better)
This Hospital:

99.0%
State:

96.7%
Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic (higher numbers are better)
This Hospital:

97.0%
State:

96.6%
Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal
Here:

100.0%
State:

99.9%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack
Here:

15.8%
Alabama:

16.0%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

11.2%
Alabama:

11.9%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

11.3%
State:

12.6%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack
Here:

20.3%
State:

19.7%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

25.3%
State:

24.3%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

19.6%
State:

18.6%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls and injuries
This Hospital:

0.337%
Alabama:

0.715%
Blood infection from a catheter in a large vein
This Hospital:

0.042%
Alabama:

0.546%
Infection from a Urinary Catheter
Here:

0.084%
State:

0.953%
Severe pressure sores (bed sores)
Here:

0.337%
Alabama:

0.439%
Signs of Uncontrolled Blood Sugar
This Hospital:

0.042%
State:

0.209%

Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) - Medicare Provider Charge Data

Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$25,696
State:

$30,868
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,129
Alabama:

$6,910
Number of discharges: 17
This Hospital:

0.21%
State:

0.42%
Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$44,570
Alabama:

$44,327
Average Total Payments
Here:

$11,036
Alabama:

$10,733
Number of discharges: 36
Here:

0.44%
Alabama:

0.72%
Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$20,131
Alabama:

$25,511
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,795
State:

$4,746
Number of discharges: 18
This Hospital:

0.22%
State:

0.29%
Alcohol/Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$13,533
Alabama:

$8,867
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,937
State:

$3,859
Number of discharges: 34
This Hospital:

0.41%
State:

0.58%
Atherosclerosis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$13,809
State:

$14,419
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,848
Alabama:

$3,776
Number of discharges: 17
This Hospital:

0.21%
State:

0.28%
Back and Neck Procedures Except Spinal Fusion without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$21,344
Alabama:

$24,856
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,997
State:

$5,652
Number of discharges: 49
This Hospital:

0.60%
State:

0.57%
Bronchitis and Asthma with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$18,225
Alabama:

$20,246
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,343
State:

$5,159
Number of discharges: 72
Here:

0.88%
Alabama:

0.59%
Bronchitis and Asthma without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$11,537
State:

$12,821
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,251
State:

$3,841
Number of discharges: 31
Here:

0.38%
Alabama:

0.41%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$17,522
State:

$18,994
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,238
Alabama:

$4,889
Number of discharges: 119
Here:

1.45%
State:

1.38%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$25,077
State:

$28,888
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,440
Alabama:

$7,187
Number of discharges: 73
This Hospital:

0.89%
State:

0.79%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$12,586
Alabama:

$12,929
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,762
State:

$3,356
Number of discharges: 99
Here:

1.21%
Alabama:

1.61%
Cellulitis with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$40,155
Alabama:

$43,417
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$9,099
State:

$8,910
Number of discharges: 21
Here:

0.26%
Alabama:

0.17%
Cellulitis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$17,338
Alabama:

$17,387
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,103
State:

$4,978
Number of discharges: 176
Here:

2.15%
State:

1.97%
Cervical Spinal Fusion without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$32,013
Alabama:

$42,284
Average Total Payments
Here:

$12,209
Alabama:

$11,496
Number of discharges: 58
This Hospital:

0.71%
Alabama:

0.76%
Chest Pain
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$12,790
State:

$14,969
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$3,492
State:

$3,290
Number of discharges: 119
Here:

1.45%
Alabama:

1.58%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$20,091
State:

$20,856
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,959
Alabama:

$5,672
Number of discharges: 189
Here:

2.31%
State:

2.64%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$26,796
State:

$25,354
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,253
Alabama:

$6,832
Number of discharges: 196
Here:

2.39%
Alabama:

2.62%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$16,050
State:

$15,265
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,498
State:

$4,282
Number of discharges: 98
Here:

1.20%
State:

2.25%
Circulatory Disorders Except Acute Myocardial Infarction, with Card Cath with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$39,830
State:

$50,667
Average Total Payments
Here:

$12,925
State:

$12,733
Number of discharges: 35
This Hospital:

0.43%
State:

0.43%
Circulatory Disorders Except Acute Myocardial Infarction, with Card Cath without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$23,749
State:

$30,801
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,812
Alabama:

$6,349
Number of discharges: 217
This Hospital:

2.65%
State:

2.16%
Cranial and Peripheral Nerve Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$17,664
Alabama:

$26,544
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,199
Alabama:

$5,604
Number of discharges: 52
Here:

0.63%
State:

0.33%
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$19,781
Alabama:

$24,311
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,584
Alabama:

$5,341
Number of discharges: 33
This Hospital:

0.40%
Alabama:

0.40%
Diabetes with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$17,854
Alabama:

$19,168
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,033
Alabama:

$4,852
Number of discharges: 69
Here:

0.84%
Alabama:

0.68%
Disorders of Pancreas Except Malignancy with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$22,235
State:

$24,207
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,033
Alabama:

$5,958
Number of discharges: 25
This Hospital:

0.31%
Alabama:

0.20%
Dysequilibrium
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$14,926
State:

$17,043
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,914
State:

$3,712
Number of discharges: 38
This Hospital:

0.46%
State:

0.13%
Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$23,075
State:

$31,381
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,093
State:

$6,930
Number of discharges: 75
Here:

0.92%
Alabama:

0.54%
Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$18,324
Alabama:

$17,880
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,506
State:

$4,242
Number of discharges: 330
This Hospital:

4.03%
Alabama:

4.04%
Extracranial Procedures without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$19,721
Alabama:

$29,855
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,193
Alabama:

$5,857
Number of discharges: 31
Here:

0.38%
State:

0.62%
Fractures of Hip and Pelvis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$15,741
Alabama:

$16,733
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,782
State:

$3,992
Number of discharges: 26
This Hospital:

0.32%
State:

0.23%
Fx, Sprn, Strn and Disl Except Femur, Hip, Pelvis and Thigh without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$15,270
Alabama:

$18,395
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,204
Alabama:

$4,238
Number of discharges: 37
This Hospital:

0.45%
Alabama:

0.16%
G.I. Hemorrhage with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$24,222
Alabama:

$23,715
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,214
State:

$5,864
Number of discharges: 124
This Hospital:

1.51%
Alabama:

2.02%
G.I. Hemorrhage with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$43,134
State:

$42,426
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$10,888
State:

$10,354
Number of discharges: 56
This Hospital:

0.68%
State:

0.59%
G.I. Hemorrhage without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$16,284
State:

$17,884
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,890
Alabama:

$4,244
Number of discharges: 41
This Hospital:

0.50%
State:

0.56%
G.I. Obstruction with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$24,075
Alabama:

$22,804
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,714
State:

$5,453
Number of discharges: 52
This Hospital:

0.63%
State:

0.66%
G.I. Obstruction without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$20,305
Alabama:

$16,107
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,386
State:

$3,888
Number of discharges: 39
This Hospital:

0.48%
State:

0.39%
Heart Failure and Shock with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$19,580
Alabama:

$21,263
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,238
Alabama:

$5,914
Number of discharges: 205
Here:

2.50%
Alabama:

3.24%
Heart Failure and Shock with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$36,470
Alabama:

$35,015
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,297
State:

$8,684
Number of discharges: 220
Here:

2.69%
State:

2.59%
Heart Failure and Shock without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$13,231
State:

$14,522
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,225
Alabama:

$3,946
Number of discharges: 74
Here:

0.90%
State:

1.40%
Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$44,893
Alabama:

$43,657
Average Total Payments
Here:

$11,272
Alabama:

$10,470
Number of discharges: 58
This Hospital:

0.71%
Alabama:

1.17%
Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$54,259
State:

$60,977
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$17,844
Alabama:

$17,188
Number of discharges: 26
Here:

0.32%
State:

0.23%
Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$42,440
Alabama:

$39,677
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,183
Alabama:

$8,661
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

0.15%
Alabama:

0.30%
Hypertension without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$13,998
Alabama:

$16,154
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,729
State:

$3,722
Number of discharges: 52
This Hospital:

0.63%
Alabama:

0.32%
Infectious and Parasitic Diseases with O.R. Procedure with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$131,239
State:

$141,259
Average Total Payments
Here:

$34,274
Alabama:

$33,156
Number of discharges: 46
Here:

0.56%
Alabama:

0.37%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$24,715
Alabama:

$27,350
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,879
State:

$6,691
Number of discharges: 159
This Hospital:

1.94%
State:

1.69%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$42,954
Alabama:

$45,562
Average Total Payments
Here:

$11,234
Alabama:

$11,295
Number of discharges: 117
This Hospital:

1.43%
State:

0.89%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$20,167
State:

$22,401
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,934
Alabama:

$4,740
Number of discharges: 120
This Hospital:

1.46%
Alabama:

0.83%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$31,789
State:

$26,664
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,722
Alabama:

$6,951
Number of discharges: 71
This Hospital:

0.87%
Alabama:

0.85%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$17,725
Alabama:

$17,029
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,657
State:

$4,494
Number of discharges: 246
Here:

3.00%
Alabama:

3.20%
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy without C.D.E. with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$43,263
State:

$47,070
Average Total Payments
Here:

$10,826
State:

$9,624
Number of discharges: 52
This Hospital:

0.63%
State:

0.36%
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy without C.D.E. without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$35,730
State:

$34,278
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,646
Alabama:

$6,780
Number of discharges: 48
This Hospital:

0.59%
State:

0.27%
Major Cardiovasc Procedures without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$60,463
Alabama:

$76,397
Average Total Payments
Here:

$19,684
State:

$18,092
Number of discharges: 31
This Hospital:

0.38%
State:

0.57%
Major Gastrointestinal Disorders and Peritoneal Infections with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$25,973
State:

$27,268
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,773
Alabama:

$7,579
Number of discharges: 42
Here:

0.51%
State:

0.28%
Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$75,530
State:

$81,845
Average Total Payments
Here:

$20,454
Alabama:

$18,188
Number of discharges: 35
This Hospital:

0.43%
Alabama:

0.31%
Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$47,843
Alabama:

$49,659
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$12,674
Alabama:

$11,709
Number of discharges: 292
Here:

3.56%
State:

5.91%
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$67,459
State:

$66,679
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$15,349
Alabama:

$15,273
Number of discharges: 47
Here:

0.57%
State:

0.70%
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$132,412
Alabama:

$141,237
Average Total Payments
Here:

$31,386
State:

$31,717
Number of discharges: 62
Here:

0.76%
Alabama:

0.49%
Medical Back Problems without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$19,683
Alabama:

$22,240
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,950
Alabama:

$4,763
Number of discharges: 84
This Hospital:

1.03%
Alabama:

0.63%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$18,758
Alabama:

$26,286
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,793
State:

$6,809
Number of discharges: 115
Here:

1.40%
Alabama:

0.74%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$14,724
Alabama:

$14,844
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,346
State:

$4,068
Number of discharges: 153
Here:

1.87%
State:

2.46%
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$16,934
Alabama:

$27,761
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,628
Alabama:

$6,374
Number of discharges: 19
Here:

0.23%
Alabama:

0.21%
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$31,238
State:

$44,549
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$10,749
Alabama:

$11,495
Number of discharges: 59
This Hospital:

0.72%
Alabama:

0.54%
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$23,387
Alabama:

$26,896
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,218
Alabama:

$5,937
Number of discharges: 37
This Hospital:

0.45%
State:

0.54%
Other Kidney and Urinary Tract Diagnoses with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$21,582
Alabama:

$22,589
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,709
Alabama:

$6,929
Number of discharges: 39
Here:

0.48%
Alabama:

0.25%
Other Kidney and Urinary Tract Diagnoses with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$31,142
Alabama:

$37,568
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,287
Alabama:

$9,920
Number of discharges: 43
This Hospital:

0.52%
State:

0.32%
Other Vascular Procedures with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$40,134
State:

$59,371
Average Total Payments
Here:

$14,559
Alabama:

$13,986
Number of discharges: 69
Here:

0.84%
Alabama:

0.56%
Other Vascular Procedures with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$48,726
State:

$66,418
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$18,023
State:

$19,089
Number of discharges: 84
Here:

1.03%
State:

0.46%
Other Vascular Procedures without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$31,865
State:

$42,077
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$9,494
Alabama:

$9,545
Number of discharges: 69
Here:

0.84%
Alabama:

0.50%
Percutaneous Cardiovascular Procedures with Drug-Eluting Stent with Major Complications or 4+ Vessels/Stents
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$65,327
State:

$82,283
Average Total Payments
Here:

$19,270
Alabama:

$18,565
Number of discharges: 51
Here:

0.62%
State:

0.40%
Percutaneous Cardiovascular Procedures with Drug-Eluting Stent without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$43,303
State:

$61,973
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$11,780
Alabama:

$11,232
Number of discharges: 166
This Hospital:

2.03%
Alabama:

1.53%
Percutaneous Cardiovascular Procedures with Non-Drug-Eluting Stent without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$39,180
State:

$55,660
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$10,550
Alabama:

$10,124
Number of discharges: 109
Here:

1.33%
State:

0.55%
Percutaneous Cardiovascular Procedures without Coronary Artery Stent without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$37,284
State:

$51,450
Average Total Payments
Here:

$10,743
State:

$10,624
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

0.15%
State:

0.27%
Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$21,198
State:

$21,746
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,152
State:

$5,783
Number of discharges: 65
This Hospital:

0.79%
Alabama:

0.51%
Peripheral Vascular Disorders without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$12,194
State:

$16,167
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,044
State:

$3,994
Number of discharges: 45
Here:

0.55%
State:

0.33%
Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$56,002
Alabama:

$66,046
Average Total Payments
Here:

$16,043
State:

$14,817
Number of discharges: 25
Here:

0.31%
Alabama:

0.36%
Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$48,383
State:

$54,564
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$12,418
State:

$11,411
Number of discharges: 25
Here:

0.31%
State:

0.33%
Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$31,877
State:

$41,181
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,980
State:

$9,214
Number of discharges: 23
Here:

0.28%
State:

0.26%
Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$14,222
Alabama:

$15,820
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,744
Alabama:

$3,722
Number of discharges: 39
Here:

0.48%
Alabama:

0.52%
Psychoses
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$18,126
Alabama:

$18,511
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,505
State:

$5,256
Number of discharges: 38
Here:

0.46%
Alabama:

1.10%
Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$37,257
State:

$34,075
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,258
Alabama:

$7,589
Number of discharges: 139
Here:

1.70%
Alabama:

1.46%
Pulmonary Embolism without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$22,809
Alabama:

$27,322
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,346
Alabama:

$6,236
Number of discharges: 34
This Hospital:

0.41%
State:

0.48%
Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$37,799
State:

$35,673
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,323
Alabama:

$7,443
Number of discharges: 36
This Hospital:

0.44%
Alabama:

0.32%
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$19,230
State:

$17,226
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,944
Alabama:

$4,671
Number of discharges: 120
This Hospital:

1.46%
State:

1.71%
Renal Failure with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$20,644
Alabama:

$25,143
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,131
Alabama:

$6,001
Number of discharges: 165
This Hospital:

2.01%
State:

1.81%
Renal Failure with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$37,502
State:

$39,805
Average Total Payments
Here:

$11,065
Alabama:

$9,770
Number of discharges: 121
This Hospital:

1.48%
State:

1.34%
Renal Failure without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$15,843
State:

$17,427
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,443
Alabama:

$3,888
Number of discharges: 31
This Hospital:

0.38%
Alabama:

0.24%
Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$33,446
Alabama:

$37,145
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,955
State:

$8,688
Number of discharges: 57
Here:

0.70%
Alabama:

0.69%
Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$53,989
State:

$51,215
Average Total Payments
Here:

$13,247
State:

$12,069
Number of discharges: 110
This Hospital:

1.34%
Alabama:

0.98%
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support 96+ Hours
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$118,754
Alabama:

$159,864
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$31,069
State:

$31,972
Number of discharges: 52
This Hospital:

0.63%
Alabama:

0.33%
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <96 Hours
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$60,159
Alabama:

$59,954
Average Total Payments
Here:

$14,108
Alabama:

$13,580
Number of discharges: 75
This Hospital:

0.92%
State:

0.92%
Seizures without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$13,769
Alabama:

$19,442
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,515
Alabama:

$4,702
Number of discharges: 81
This Hospital:

0.99%
State:

0.67%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis with Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$115,242
Alabama:

$157,530
Average Total Payments
Here:

$34,829
Alabama:

$36,520
Number of discharges: 23
Here:

0.28%
Alabama:

0.19%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$53,467
Alabama:

$47,447
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$12,619
Alabama:

$11,185
Number of discharges: 221
This Hospital:

2.70%
State:

3.35%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$26,676
State:

$26,316
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,065
Alabama:

$6,718
Number of discharges: 68
Here:

0.83%
Alabama:

1.29%
Signs and Symptoms without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$15,018
State:

$14,866
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,091
State:

$4,004
Number of discharges: 43
This Hospital:

0.52%
Alabama:

0.76%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$24,505
State:

$24,297
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,176
State:

$5,893
Number of discharges: 164
This Hospital:

2.00%
Alabama:

3.09%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$38,755
State:

$37,673
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,171
Alabama:

$8,521
Number of discharges: 178
Here:

2.17%
Alabama:

1.96%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$16,576
Alabama:

$16,519
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,274
Alabama:

$4,182
Number of discharges: 85
This Hospital:

1.04%
Alabama:

1.41%
Spinal Fusion Except Cervical without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$66,339
State:

$78,768
Average Total Payments
Here:

$22,615
Alabama:

$21,268
Number of discharges: 44
This Hospital:

0.54%
State:

1.18%
Syncope and Collapse
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$14,784
State:

$17,526
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,373
State:

$4,200
Number of discharges: 191
Here:

2.33%
State:

1.68%
Transient Ischemia
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$17,992
State:

$20,203
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,379
Alabama:

$4,263
Number of discharges: 69
This Hospital:

0.84%
Alabama:

0.98%

Use of Medical Imaging

Outpatients with low back pain who had an MRI without trying recommended treatments first, such as physical therapy.
Here:

40.700%
Alabama:

38.649%
Outpatients who had a follow-up mammogram or ultrasound within 45 days after a screening mammogram.
This Hospital:

17.800%
State:

7.990%
Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.
Here:

0.030%
Alabama:

0.208%
Outpatients who got cardiac imaging stress tests before low-risk outpatient surgery
This Hospital:

4.200%
Alabama:

6.875%
Outpatients with brain CT scans who got a sinus CT scan at the same time
This Hospital:

2.100%
State:

3.417%

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